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Experience real life tales of adventure and good times from our passionate team of fly fishing enthusiasts and outdoor adventurers. Everyone loves a good story and our blog is exactly that. The Hook And Vice Ambassador team share everything from fly fishing in the remote Arctic, how to tie our favourite flies, perfecting your casting skills, travel to far off lands, adventure and super number one good times. This fly fishing blog is guaranteed to entertain you for a few hours.
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Featuring Bruce Fyfe: Don’t let Bruce’s humble demeanour fool you, he started fly fishing well over 50 years ago and when it comes to paying attention to what the fish are eating, tying flies to match, and out-fishing pretty much …
A Fly Fishing Documentary – By Noel Fox & Elliot Brass. “The worlds greatest fly fishing B-Movie”. An actual quote as told by a couple of guys drinking tequila while on a fly fishing trip in in Northern BC. There were …
How I Began My Fly Fishing Journey – By Rochelle Helstrom. It was the last semester in grade 11 and time to pick out courses for the upcoming year. I selected the Fly Fishing class even though I had no previous …
The Fly Fishing Insider Podcast – By Noel Fox. Greg Keenan’s Fly Fishing Insider Podcast has featured more than a few of the legends of fly fishing so I’m humbled to have been invited on his fine show. Far from being …
Steelheaders Mindset, Never Give Up – By Marc Faktor. A week and a half after my boy was born, I snuck out to the local flow to get some much needed river therapy. It had been well over a month since …
Featuring Brian Chan: Hook And Vice Legends is a short film series featuring the legends of fly fishing. This episode features Kamloops based fisheries biologist and fly fishing legend Brian Chan. Brian spent 35 year career as a fisheries biologist …
P.O.F. – By Dan Tigchelaar. Full confession. I have played it pretty fast and loose with lakes in the past, from one to the next without any further thought. Hell, I have even paid a few times to guarantee a …
Fishing: Getting Here from There – By Jordan Simpson. Here I am, sitting here on this May afternoon in the sun. I have sushi on one side of me and a glass of Mango Fruit Punch tea from David’s Tea …
I think for most of us anglers we’re usually driving or traveling to our next fishing adventure and who doesn’t like some tunes to listen to in the midst of travels. A fishing playlist is what powers me through to …
In Anticipation Of Ice Off – By Brian Chan. For some reason this year, winter just doesn’t want to leave. It’s the first week of April as I write this blog post and we still do not have any totally …
Fly Fishermen’s Pre-Season Checklist – By Zach Copland. Slowly but surely the temperatures are rising, just like the fish in your dreams. Before you know it the lakes around the province will be free from their frozen vaults and we …
The Ritual – By Elliot Brass. People are superstitious. We all hold our own private beliefs. Beliefs that for no logical reason we know will help our sports team win, our lottery ticket to be that lucky winner. I think …
Fish Are Dicks – By Dan Tigchelaar. It’s summer in Whistler. Lake Season is in full swing. Tourists are everywhere. I am booked for a three-hour mini fly fishing trip with a family of five from the Midwest. Our booking …
Stilwater Fly Fishing, the app you want to download! – By Noel Fox Have you heard about Brian Chan & Phil Rowley’s new app called Stillwater Fly Fishing? Some days it’s easy to be a hero when it comes to …
Little Black Lines – By Drew Nylen. With my finger planted firmly on a map, the roundtable discussion is fevered and bright. My colleagues, mentors, and friends snap at one another with quips and luminescent laughter. Our voices start a …
The Vegetarian Fly Fisherman – By Jason Fox. Sitting in McRae’s pub in Victoria on Friday night having a conversation with friends of my buddy Troy’s. As is often the case, when Troy introduces me to people, he mentioned that I am …
She dreamed she could… and she did – By Katie Dowe. Ever since getting into fly fishing and becoming interested in the outdoors, I always had a lingering dream of taking on some amazing adventures! With a bit of back …
A Fishless Story – By Jessica Van Ierland. The pursuit used to be competitive. Any angler is lying if they said they didn’t roll their eyes at another’s success, especially if it was earned in a slightly different way than …
Making the Most of the Stillwater Fly Fishing Season – By Brian Chan. Winter is slowly tightening its grip on the local lakes of the southern interior region of BC. Addicted Stillwater fly fishers are madly scrambling to get the …
When The Weather Gives You A Gift, You Take It – By Dana Harrison. I had honestly thought my fly fishing season was pretty much done two weeks prior to this trip. At very least, I wasn’t going to see …
Cold Hands in Big Mountains, Cold Rivers and the Arctic Ocean – By Drew Nylen. I wake up in a cocoon of frost illuminated by my headlamp. It’s minus twenty-three and my sleeping bag is coated in frozen condensation from …
Fishin’ Aint Easy – By Dan Tigchelaar. Considering you have made it to the blog section of an online fly fishing site you are probably well invested in this sport and have fished long enough to forget what it was …